Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 69
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We said ‘O fire! Be coolness and safety for Abraham!’ and so it only consumed the bonds with which he had been tied. Its heat departed but its luminosity remained. And by His words wa-salāman ‘and safety’ Abraham was safe from salima death because of its coolness.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(We said: O fire, be coolness) against your heat (and peace) and safety from your coolness (for Abraham) for if Allah did not say " peace " the coolness of the Fire would have harmed him.